Berlin and the surrounding countryside offer many green opportunities to escape the hustle and bustle of the city and to regain new strength in nature. Whether you visit park areas such as Kienbergpark or Lübars amusement park in Berlin or set off for Brandenburg these trips are worth trying out. The surrounding area of Berlin offers many excursion destinations within nature to observe wild animals, to see a medieval Slavic castle in the Spreewald, to see storks flying in or to simply follow a nature trail. Nice reacreation facitities offers the Scharmützelsee South of Berlin.

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    The Kienbergpark, named after the Kienberg hill in Berlin-Hellersdorf, is a 60 hectare park with a 1.5 km long cable car.

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    Freizeitpark Lübars is a recreation park in the Northern district Berlin-Reinickendorf and a famous destination for a nature trip in the city of Berlin.

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    Only an hour's drive from Berlin, the Wildlife Park Schorfheide is located in the middle of the woods. Right beside the wildlife park, visitors will also find a climbing park.

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    Plänterwald is a forest on the banks of the river Spree in Berlin-Treptow and home to the former amusement park Spreepark.

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    Bad Saarow is a mud spa and recognised health resort in the south of Berlin, directly on Lake Scharmützelsee, which offers a wide range of recreational opportunities.

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    Between the two Brandenburg nature reserves Rabenstein and Planetal lies the Nature Park Centre Hoher Fläming in the Old Distillery in Raben.

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    In the Sanddorn-Garten Petzow (Sea Buckthorn Garden) in Petzow in Havelland you can discover the so-called gold of the north. Here you will find a three hectare sea buckthorn garden with a café, arestaurant and two farm shops.

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    Slawenburg Raddusch (Slavic castle Raddusch) is a ring-shaped castle complex from the early Middle Ages and a popular destination amidst green nature in the Spreewald forest.

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    A journey through nature in a handcar is a small sporting adventure with friends or the whole family.

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    Children love strawberries and picking them themselves is even more fun, preferably outdoors, e.g. in Berlin's berry gardens, Berliner Beerengärten.